Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25
NEWS AND NOTES.

New York is in the midst of high IL
cense agitation. -
Geronimo is employed in making gar
| dens at Fort Pickens He expects to raise cab
bage this year. 80
A crack base ball player gets frops two
to rhree times as much sa,a'y asSsUnited
| States Senator. .,.sS.t -. 3
Andrew Pfohl, q prominent citizen Of
ance the other day py taking thirty grains of
morphlLe He lived tw o@lours. -
Recent estimates placeAhe tots Asmount
paid by the Unit States in soldiers pension
since the close of the war of the rebellion at
| SS6S, 900 coo.
New York papers say there is appar-
| entlr no limit to the wonderful sucCess of "Er-
mimic" at the Ca,ino, and the extravaganza is
as fr sh and bright as the night 1t was pro
| duced.
The discovery of rich gold deposits in
| British Columbia close 20 the IMAGINARY bound
| arv line between that province and Alaska, it's
fe red may lead TO serious trou lie If the actual
! boundary il not defined bef re any attempt is
made to develop these valuable finds.
Another of the well known beauties of
| the LONDON social world is about to forsake the
| DRAWN gre om-though not for the stage-Mrs.
Wheeler, SO we'll known as the contemporary
| of the jersey Lily, both in beauty and pouular
| ity, being about to enter drnssn ker's estab-
Degaief, who, it is now supposed,
planned Sundays plot to sssasainate the Car,
| was In the United atPs last tall. He had the
| incredible audacity. after making his escape
from Siberia, to embark at Vladistock on the
ve'y man Of-war which conveyed TO san Fran
cisco the Minister of the Russian Navy and the
Governor of Western Siberia.
According to common reports George
GogIlAas serted down into an exemplary ben
ed hce his marriage WITH Eth Kingdom.
Hes become so ensr ssed in his business
thaS8lis old boon conn aniOns about town are
inclined to complain little of his neglect of
them. They say h has grown ayaricious be-
yond anything that was ever heard Of
One of the curiosities of Cayuga cOun-
ty. New York, ia a hotel built directly upon the
dividing line between two townships. 1t has
been the custOm for many years for the man
sger to shift his bar from one end of The house
to the other, just according to the way the town
went on the excise question, and in that way he
has managed to obtain license either in one
town or the other, most Of the time.
David Clark, retired merchant of
Hartford, Conn has given his farm of To- acres
in the suburbs of that Citv 10 the Gar ford Hos
ptal and the o Peoples Homo. The dOna
tiOn includes twenty Jersey cattle and al The
farm property The whole is valued at &c., 90.
Mr.. Clark intends the Gift a" a IT emorial of his
son, Lester CLARK, well known merchant of
New York, who died a short time ago.
wine factory has been built at Are
dondO AlsChua county, Fla by several Eng
lishmen of cepita 1T being the intention of this
cor Germ 10 manufacture orange wine and bring
it to high state of perfection. This will be
exported to England exclusively, as the firm
finds that 1t pays better than in selir it in the
United States although the industry has only
been very recently established. Already the
firm have been de'ugeG wit orders and they
will have to enlarge their establishment.
Miss Constance Osbourne attempted to
horsewhip Manager Burnham in New York the
other day. Mr. Burnbam now saws of the at
simple. If tits not, then l would like to know
what other reason Miss OsbOurne had in trying |
to create sensation with me In public pl ace !
Her manager dOubtlfs &c suggested such a meas |
ure TO get her name In tn papers, ana la few |
days she will advertise smother matinee per
Torrance in which she will star"
Further developments in the expose OF |
the Republican C0rrupt'On in the recent Con |
necticut site campaign have added fuel to |
the sensational political fire, and social as well
as political circles are astounded 1t Is stated |
that the corruption fund equaled, If It did not |
exceed, 100000, large sum for go small a !
state, And a campaign Doodle only equsled by |
that of 1880 when BigeloW of New Haven ran |
for Governor, and when Marshall Jewell, then |
at the head of the Republican National Com
mittee, poured the money into his own state |
with lavish hand.
S0noma county. Cal, contains ZOO, 900 |
acres of land, of which 100000 are bottom or
valley lands. The broad valleys arc dotted with |
vineya de-, and they are gradually climbing up |
the best table grapes II the state. BranCh"s of |
superior flavor are often produced weighing
from twelve to sixteen pounds. Over 1000 acres
in the va ley are devoted TO grape culture, and
in the country about %, OO9 out Of its 100000
acres are in vineyards and OrCha -ds. The pro
ductiOn of wine has been largely entered upon,
and in the vintage season 1t is curious sight
to see the streets filed with wagons loaded |
with grapes. AS many as eighty loads are seen
at one time waitir for transfer to the wine les.
1t is estimated that the product of THU years
crO9 wi reach 5000 coo gallons, which is about
one sixth of that of the state.
The success of the proposed national
drill from Nav % to 80. Including combination
parade of the NatOnsl Guardsnea and he
Gran1 Army OF the Republic, is already assured.
The cash price Will aggregate $4,000, besides
which there will be stands of COlUrs, gold,
silver and bronze medals and plate trophies.
Thirty six states are represented in the appli-
cations already received. The grounds for the
camp are the monument grounds, lying
around the Washington mOnumenr, and
the drill ground Is the beautiful level
eclipse lying Just south of the Presidents
mansion, known as the White lot. Il hts level
plain one half q mile in circumference, will be
fenced In and stands sufficient to seat from
10000 to $4,000 persons will be erected. Here
daily during the time of the drill Will be held
contests to prove the excel enCe of the citizen
soldiery in infantry artillery, cavalry and zou-
ave tactics. Among the champion crack COM
panies so far formally entered are the
Greys, Vicksbu SOutherns,
St. Paul Company d, INDIANAPOLIS
Light Infantry, San Antonio Rifles,
lanta Rifles, Company Il, Twenty THU New
York regiment, LOmaX Rifles, the Mus" atines
OF Iowa, the famous HOustOns, the Chicka-
saws, Louisville Legion, Montgomery True
IT, oy, n. Y, Citizens' Corps. a brigade from
Virginia regiments and battalions from North
Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky and
Rhode Island are informally entered.